"ALI" 2005 Obituary

ALI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-08-09 published
Downtown shooting leaves 2 dead
Mayor calls Prime Minister's Office over growing problem of gun
smuggling from United States
By Unnati GANDHI,
Tuesday,August 9, 2005, Page A8
Homicide investigators combed through Toronto's latest crime
scene yesterday, still finding shell casings hours after a downtown
shooting left two people dead and sent one to hospital during
another weekend of gun violence.
At the intersection of Maitland Place and Homewood Avenue, police
forensic officers placed seven pylons on a patch of grass indicating
new evidence by a blood-soaked white jersey with flies hovering
over it.
One investigator found a shell casing in a gutter by the jersey
and took it away for testing, while others analyzed a bullet
hole in the side wall of a house next to the crime scene.
Just before 4 a.m. yesterday, gunfire erupted near the popular
Phoenix nightclub on Sherbourne Street, where police found 19-year-old
Ali Mohamud
ALI, the city's 41st homicide victim, shot in the
head and a 20-year-old man with non-life-threatening injuries.
Minutes later, a police cruiser was flagged down at nearby Jarvis
and Bloor Streets. Inside a car was 23-year-old Loyan Mohammed
AHMED suffering from multiple gunshots. He died later in hospital.
While certain neighbourhoods in Toronto have been the scene of
more than 20 shootings in the past two weeks, resulting in six
homicides, Mayor David
MILLER maintained that the increased gun
violence in the city is an anomaly.
"What is happening with these shootings is not Toronto," he told
a news-media briefing yesterday afternoon, which Toronto Police
Chief Bill Blair also attended.
"And Torontonians are not going to tolerate a city where guns
are used to settle disputes between people."
While mayor and the chief said steps are being taken to prevent
more gang-related violence, there have been no arrests in the
three most recent slayings.
Efforts such as redeploying about 50 uniformed police officers
to the northwest corner of the city since last Thursday has left
Chief Blair looking to fill gaps in other neighbourhoods after
yesterday's incidents.
"We also want to assure those in our most vulnerable communities
that officers will be redeployed from across the city and from
across the service, without depleting resources in all of our
neighbourhoods because public safety in all of our neighbourhoods
of Toronto is important," he said.
"We are finding ways within our organization to move officers
in uniform into these neighbourhoods."
Chief Blair reported that police have seized 2,170 guns since
the beginning of the year. Half of the guns used in crimes in
the city had been smuggled from the United States, underscoring
an issue Mr.
MILLER brought up during a spate of violence last
week that saw one person killed and five wounded by gunfire,
including a four-year-old boy.
"There's no question that there are more guns being used in crimes
and it's a serious issue," Mr.
MILLER said yesterday, adding
that he had spoken to the Prime Minister Paul Martin's office
yesterday.
"The Prime Minister's Office assured me that they're already
working to try to deal with the issue of gun smuggling."
On Sunday night, two men aged 27 and 17 were taken to hospital
with non-life-threatening injuries after what police said may
have been a drive-by-shooting in the Markham Road and Eglinton
Avenue East area.
On Friday night, 27-year-old Melbourne
WHITTICK was shot and
killed in the city's northeast while waiting for a bus on Victoria
Park Avenue. He had become involved in an altercation with two
men and died of a single shot to the abdomen.
"We have seen that there's a significant increase in the number
of homicides that have taken place in the city as a result of
firearm use and we're also seeing a great deal of that increase
in that much of that violence is taking place in very public
places," Chief Blair said.
He stressed that in these cases, the public's help is still what
is going to catch the offenders, citing a fourfold increase in
the number of calls to Crime Stoppers in the past week.
"We have received a record number of calls to Crime Stoppers
and I think that reflects the concerns that the community and
the citizens of Toronto have about the violence we have experienced."
Near the Maitland-Homewood crime scene yesterday, with the beeping
of a police metal detector in the background, area resident Joanne
BRIGDEN said violence was bound to have affected her neighbourhood
sooner or later and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
"It was a matter of time before our area was hit," said Ms.
BRIGDEN,
whose house backs onto the Phoenix nightclub.
But the gun violence of the past few weeks is not scaring her,
she added.
"Maybe there's a little increase in crime, but unless you assign
a cop to every criminal," it's not going to stop any time soon,
she said.

ALI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-03-16 published
ALI,
RandyKhaleel
Suddenly on March 15, 2005 at Hamilton General Hospital due to
a recent illness. Father of Erika. Loving brother of Anthony,
Charles, Marzo, Waz, Maureen, Zaimene, Yasmin, Joan and the late
Michael. Loving uncle to twenty nieces and nephews. A special
friend of Enrico, Ashram, Ferris, Locito and Annie in Trinidad.
Randy was a dedicated employee of Toronto Transit Commission
for over 15 years. He was a gift from God and he will be sadly
missed by all, forever. Visitation will be held at Glen Oaks
Memorial Gardens, 3164 Ninth Line, Oakville (on the corner of
Dundas and Ninth Line) 905-257-8822 on Thursday, March 17, 2005
from 6: 00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. A funeral service will be held on Friday,
March 18, 2005 at 1 p.m. in Sheridan Hills Evangelical Missionary
Church, 3301 Trafalgar Road, Oakville. Donations may be made
to The Marfans Association.

ALI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-08-09 published
Shootings claim two more lives
'Gun crime is not the Toronto that any Torontonian expects'
By Betsy POWELL with files from Vanessa L:
UQQ,
CrimeReporter
The group of Friends had just left the Phoenix Concert Theatre
on Sherbourne St. in downtown Toronto after enjoying its weekly
reggae music and hip hop night.
They were heading to a car parked on a nearby street just before
4 a.m. yesterday, when a man came up to them and fired several
shots. Two men died and another was hurt.
Police don't believe the gunman knew the victims. What they do
know is that guns have been used in more slayings this year than
in all of 2004.
Ali Mohamud
ALI, 19, died instantly in the shooting early Monday
near Homewood Ave. and Maitland Pl. A 20-year-old man was also
hit.
Friends tried to drive Loyan Mohammed
AHMED, 23, to a nearby
hospital. A few blocks away, near Bloor and Jarvis Sts., they
waved to police for help. An ambulance came but paramedics weren't
able to save him.
Twenty-three people have been shot in Toronto in the past two
weeks, including a 4-year-old boy.
"It's a very serious concern," Mayor David
MILLER told a news
conference yesterday at police headquarters that was also attended
by police Chief Bill Blair and members of the police services
board.
"Gun crime is not the Toronto that any Torontonian expects,"
the mayor said.
"We do not expect to have shooting incidents of the kind that
happened last night behind a popular nightclub to happen in this
city."
Police don't know if the gunman was in the nightclub and they
don't know what motivated the shooter.
While police believe many recent shootings in the city are "retaliatory"
and are part of gang wars, there is nothing to suggest the deaths
of ALI and
AHMED were gang-related, said homicide Staff Insp.
Jeff McGUIRE.
Seven men have been killed with guns since July 30. Just one
arrest has been made.
"They are the most difficult to solve and they are the ones most
often related back to gang-related violence," said
McGUIRE.
Police have seized 2,470 firearms so far in 2005, said Blair.
The majority of the handguns that were used in crime have been
traced to the United States.
MILLER repeated his pledge to push the federal government for
action on firearms smuggling, saying authorities have a difficult
time catching gun runners. The mayor said he has even heard of
snowbirds -- the Canadians who flock to sunnier climes in the
winter -- bringing guns into this country illegally.
No weapon was recovered after early yesterday's shooting.
Yesterday there were three areas cordoned off by yellow police
tape in the downtown core, one at Maitland Pl. and Homewood Ave.,
another at Jarvis and Bloor Sts., where a green Malibu straddled
the southbound lanes of Jarvis with its two doors ajar.
Yellow tape was also in front of the Phoenix, though
McGUIRE
emphasized police don't believe anything happened there.
One resident of a highrise on Wellesley St. overlooking Homewood,
got up shortly before 4 a.m. and looked out the window after
hearing voices.
"I thought it was just hookers out there having another hooker
fight," said the man, who asked that his name not be used.
He said he spotted what looked like two groups of men facing
each other.
"Then there was four quick pops and then two pops and the noise
sounded like a cap gun... and kaboom, one's down," he said, adding
he didn't see who pulled the trigger or from which direction
it came.
He called 911 and went on to his balcony and saw one man splayed
over another lying on the ground, bleeding and with some clothing
clumped to the side of his neck.
"He was screeching 'Call police, call an ambulance.' "
Yesterday, there was a pool of blood on the roadway, beside a
white windbreaker-style jacket.
Another resident of the building, Bruce
McCUBBIN, was sleeping
in his apartment when his girlfriend awoke after hearing the
sound of four or five gunshots. They got up and went to the balcony,
which also faces south, and watched what happened next.
"One man was lying on the ground with another crouched over him
holding what looked like a towel to his head and there was blood
coming from him."
He saw another man leaning against a post who appeared to be
hit in the arm. "It was difficult to see because it was so dark."
He heard someone yelling, "Call the cops, call the cops," and
others panicking. "There was voices all over the place but...
there was people screaming up the street."
McCUBBIN, an ex-police officer in Glasgow, contrasted the recent
"crazy" period of gun violence in Toronto to what he saw back
home.
"Glasgow is a violent city in a way but more stabbings, slashings,
and people don't really carry guns because there's strict gun
laws in Britain," he said. "But here, I've never seen anything
like what I saw last night, even with two years on the police
force, I didn't see anything as bad as I saw last night on the
street. It was terrible."
Yesterday police officers combed the area and used a metal detector
on the grass around a large Victorian brick home at the corner
of Homewood and Maitland that was hit by a bullet.
The occupants declined to speak to reporters.
In the past five days, the Toronto Police Service has redeployed
approximately 50 officers from throughout the service up into
the northwest part of the city, which has had a number of shooting
incidents, but also into Scarborough and downtown neighbourhoods
plagued with gun violence, Blair told the news conference.
Both he and
McGUIRE, however, said the city is not collapsing
with gun or youth violence and blamed "a small few" for terrorizing
neighbourhoods.
Back near Homewood Ave., a woman who identified herself as Lisa,
and didn't want her last name used, was walking with her two
children past the police tape on Wellesley St. She said she is
sickened by the violence but looks to understand what is driving
it.
"Toronto is segregated and they are marginalized, not part of
society. They're bad guys, suffering mental illness, who grew
up in poverty and have little hope of finding jobs so they turn
to the underworld and guns."

ALI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-08-10 published
An 'unbelievable' loss
Families try to cope with gun slayings of two young men
Summer weekend began with a wedding and ended in death
By Henry STANCU and Patrick
EVANS,
StaffReporters
More than 1,000 people are expected at an Etobicoke mosque this
morning to mourn the deaths of two young men killed early Monday
and to pray for Toronto's gun violence to end.
Loyan Ahmed
GILAO, 23, and
Ali▼Mohamud▼ALI, 19, will be honoured
in a 9 a.m. service at the Khalid Bin Al Waliid mosque on Bethridge
Rd. near Kipling Ave.
Last night, throngs of people visited, telephoned and emailed
the two Friends' families in Etobicoke and Richmond Hill.
Mohamed GILAO, a prominent member of the Somali community in
Toronto, described his son's death as "unbelievable" and the
outpouring of condolences as "overwhelming."
"Every week, we had set aside one day to communicate as father
and son, but lately Loyan has been busy; we didn't have that
opportunity in the seven days before he died. That's the sad
part," he said, weeping.
"My wife (AyanOSMAN) is very strong for me and we are leaning
on each other."
GILAO, a third-year York University commerce student, and
ALI
were celebrating with a group of Friends Sunday, the day after
serving in the wedding party at a friend's marriage.
The two were gunned down after a night out at the Phoenix Concert
Theatre on Sherbourne St. They were with a group of six to seven
men, standing at the corner of Homewood Ave. and Maitland Place
after leaving the nightclub.
A man walked toward them on Homewood and, without any words,
pulled out a handgun and fired several times toward the group,
police said.
ALI died from a gunshot wound to the head and
GILAO died from
a gunshot wound to the chest, an autopsy showed yesterday.
GILAO had been planning to announce his engagement to his girlfriend
Zainab ALI in the coming months.
The elder
GILAO, who has travelled several times on peace missions
to his homeland, is a respected figure in both the Somali community
and across Greater Toronto.
He was praised as a major "touchstone" in a community that transcends
culture, religion and politics. Friends said the elder
GILAO
was given the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award two years ago and
honoured with a Young Men's Christian Association Peace Medallion
for helping people in his adopted community and homeland.
The couple, who immigrated to Canada from Somalia in 1990, have
four daughters, 8 to 20.
In Richmond Hill,
ALI's grieving family received relatives and
Friends at their house.
ALI's uncle, Ahmed
JAMA, said that since
Monday as many as 500 people had come to pay their respects.
About two dozen mourners stood outside the home last night, talking
in small groups and keeping a quiet watch on
ALI's father, mother
and three sisters. Visitors pulled up in a steady stream of cars.
Neighbours came on foot.
ALI's father, Mahamud
JAMA, said his son moved to Vancouver eight
months ago to chase his dreams. He said
ALI dreamed big, with
all the energy and optimism of a 19-year-old man who had just
begun to make his way in the world.
"He had a lot of ambitions,"
JAMA said. "He was planning to open
a business, his own trucking company. He would say, 'Dad, this
is what I'm planning. I know I need to work hard.'"
JAMA said
ALI came back two weeks ago for the wedding.
He made a full vacation out of his Toronto visit, arriving just
in time for Caribana two weekends ago, spending time with his
family and attending the wedding on Friday.
JAMA said
ALI's holiday
was almost over when he was killed. "He had a rental car due
Monday."
JAMA said his son wasn't involved in any gang or criminal activity.
"My kid has never been with any gang," he said. "He was not violent.
He had no record with the police."
The gun violence in Toronto has cost
JAMA his only son, and he's
furious about it.
"Get rid of the thugs who are killing innocents," he said. "We
are grieving now. Every day another family is grieving. The city
has to clear this sort of thing up. We have to get rid of these
guns."
ALI was born 19 years ago in Hargeisa, Somalia. His family came
to Canada when he was 2.
Police are seeking a man in his 20s, 5-foot-10 to 6 feet and
150 to 160 pounds, with black braids and a goatee. He was wearing
jeans, a black T-shirt and a blue do-rag.

ALI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-08-11 published
Victims didn't provoke killer
Friends shot 'execution-style'
1,500 at funeral for slain men
By Isabel TEOTONIO,
StaffReporter
There was no altercation, no sideways glance, not even an exchange
of words.
A man who watched in horror as two of his Friends were shot to
death execution-style told the Toronto Star yesterday that nothing
had occurred that would have provoked the attack.
The Friends had just left the Phoenix Concert Theatre early Monday
morning. "We were having a good time, just celebrating. We never
had any arguments, no problems," he said yesterday before attending
the double funeral for Loyan Ahmed
GILAO, 23, and
Ali▲Mohamud▲ALI, 19.
"It all happened so fast, in a split second. I was walking behind
ALI and he shot him point-blank, execution-style," said the friend,
who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"There was no one on the sidewalk, just two prostitutes on the
road. We didn't expect it. All you hear is multiple shots and
then nothing. And then multiple shots."
ALI died from a gunshot wound to the head, while
GILAO died from
a gunshot to the chest. A third man was also hurt in the shooting
around 4 a.m.
Before the tragic turn, the trio had been with about a dozen
of their buddies at the Sherbourne St. club capping off a celebratory
weekend that included a friend's wedding.
While at the club, there were no problems between any of the
group members and anyone else at the club, said the friend with
certainty.
After leaving, a group of five headed to a car parked near Homewood
Ave. and Maitland Pl. where a man approached them and, without
warning, opened fire, said the friend.
"It doesn't make sense," he said at the Etobicoke mosque yesterday
where 1,500 people united in grief to pay their final respects
to the men, heralded as leaders within the Somali community.
"They weren't into anything bad," he said, ruling out gang ties
or retaliation.
His sentiments were echoed by many who said the overwhelming
turnout was a testament to how deeply the pair were loved and
admired.
"As a collective Somali community we are grieving, they were
killed for nothing," said
ALI's aunt, Khadija
ABDI. "
All of us
are shocked, except for the parents. I think they are dead inside."
Both families moved to Canada during the 1980s to give their
children a better and safer life, she said. But in a sad twist
of fate, the young men were victims of the kind of violence their
parents wanted to shield them from.
"Loyan's father has been very active in the community promoting
peace, and now to have his son killed in that context is very
tragic," said Cassandra
FERNANDES, a policy and community consultant
for the city who attended the funeral yesterday on behalf of
the mayor.
GILAO's father, Mohamed
GILAO, is a prominent and well-respected
member of Toronto's Somali community who has travelled on various
peace missions to his homeland.
Yesterday both
GILAO's and
ALI's parents were too overwhelmed
to speak publicly about the loss of their firstborn and only
sons. ALI's mother, Suleka
HUSSEIN, already fragile from a heart
condition, was so overcome with grief that she fainted by the
entrance moments after viewing her son's body.
One of about a dozen police officers on duty in front of the
Khalid Bin Al Waliid mosque was on hand to help. Minutes later
paramedics arrived to treat
HUSSEIN, who was well enough to return
inside shortly after.
Relatives of both men, some of whom travelled from British Columbia,
Alberta and Virginia to attend the funeral, spoke warmly of the
young men's benevolent spirits.
"ALI was a generous person, always giving to people what he had,"
said his sister, Amran Ali
JAMA.
Her red-rimmed eyes filled with tears when she added, "it was
just the wrong place and wrong time."
GILAO, nicknamed Banks because he'd always find spare change
for children, would literally take the shirt off his back for
a friend, said aunt Hawa
GILAO.
"He only had one-third of the clothing he bought in his closet,"
she said, adding, "he loved to help people."
In an effort to "continue his legacy" and keep his memory and
name alive, the
GILAO family is thinking of starting a foundation
in his name, she said, adding the money would likely go to families
who've lost children to violence.
Friends of the duo remembered them as bright young men with bright
futures. "Loyan was the sweetest person you could ever come across,"
said Roda ALI, who was Friends with both men.
"And ALI, he could've been somebody really great. They were both
the perfect children."
GILAO, a third-year York University commerce student, was planning
to propose to his girlfriend of three years in the coming months.
Meanwhile,
ALI had recently moved to Vancouver, where he was
trying to start a trucking company. He had returned to Toronto
for his friend's wedding and was scheduled to go back to British
Columbia early this week.
After the funeral service, mourners made their way to Beechwood
Cemetery, where both men were buried.

ALI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-09-16 published
HIPSZ,
John
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of John,
at the St. Joseph's Health Centre, on September 13, 2005. Longtime
dedicated employee of the Toronto Transit Commission Streetcar
Division.Companion of Pearl
MacNEILLY. Cherished brother of
Mrs. Lucja
KSIAZCZAK of Poland. Loving uncle of Mrs. Teresa
OPALKA
of Poland. Dearest friend of Mr. Sheikh
ALI and his wife
Angela,
Mr. Roy SOOROOJANUTH and his wife Janet, and Mrs. Krystyna
SZYMANISKA.
John will be fondly remembered and sadly missed by all who knew
him. Friends will be received at the Cardinal Funeral Home "Earle
Elliott Chapel" (715 Dovercourt Road, Ossington subway - Delaware
exit), on Friday, September 16, 2005 from 1-3 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.
A complete Funeral Service will be held in the Cardinal Funeral
Home Chapel on Saturday, September 17, 2005 at 11 a.m. Cremation.
In loving memory of John, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences at www.cardinalfuneralhomes.com

ALI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-09-24 published
HOLMES,
KathleenEvelyn
Peacefully at Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, on Friday September
23, 2005, at the age of 80. Beloved wife of the late Jesse (Jim)
HOLMES.
Loving mother of Thomas Lee
HOLMES and Melanie
WILLIAMS,
and Douglas
DORRINGTON.
ProudNana of 3 year old Ethan, and grandmother
of 5 adult grandchildren. Survived by her sister Pearl and her
husband Wazir
ALI.
AuntKay will be fondly remembered by many
nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Steckley-Gooderham
Funeral Home (201 Minet's Point Rd. at Yonge St.) Barrie, from
2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday. Funeral Service in the Chapel on Monday
September 26, 2005 at 1 p.m. Interment Prospect Cemetery 12 noon
Tuesday. If desired, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation. Condolences may be forwarded through www.steckleygooderham.com

ALI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-12-23 published
ALI,
Zorina
Of Pickering Ontario Suddenly and peacefully on December 20,
2005 in Trinidad. Predeceased by her husband, Sookoor (1996).
Loving mother of Wahid (Nancy), Wendy (Marcel) and Sherry (Derick).
Loving grandmother of Trevor, Krystal, Brittany, Joshua, Natasha,
Jackson and Soloman. Zorina had a close relationship with her
sisters Marcia, Rosemary, Elizabeth and Anne. Funeral Service
on Friday December 23, 2005 at the Susamachar Presbyterian Church,
San Fernando, Trinidad, followed by cremation. If desired, memorial
donations may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association.

ALI o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-12-26 published
ALI,
Stephanie
Peacefully on Friday, December 23, 2005 in Toronto. Stephanie,
loving daughter to Clive and Hedi. Dear sister to Warren (Regina).
Loving aunt to Adrian, Naya and Trinity. The family will receive
Friends at the Ogden Funeral Home, 4164 Sheppard Ave. East, Agincourt
(east of Kennedy Rd.) on Tuesday from 4-8 p.m. Funeral service
to be held in the Ogden Chapel on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Interment
at Christ the King Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to
the University of Toronto Gospel Choir, 79 Hartleywood Dr., Toronto
M1S 3N1, would be appreciated.

ALICE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-01-11 published
MEINDERS,
ALICE
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Alice (Aaltje)
MEINDERS at St. Michael's Hospital, Palliative Care Unit on Saturday,
January 8th, 2005 in her 78th year. She will be missed by her
family in Canada, daughter Antoinette (with husband Andrew),
sister Greta (with husband Elzo), niece Anita (with husband Brent),
nephew Edwin, and most beloved grand_son Dylan. Alice will also
be missed by her sisters and brother in Holland. Funeral services
will be held on Saturday, January 15th, 2005 at 11: 00 a.m. at
Mount Pleasant Cemetery in the Carfrae Chapel, 375 Mount Pleasant
Road. Reception to follow the interment. The family wish to thank
all the staff at St. Michael's Palliative Care Unit (especially
Hilda, Janet, Katherine and Shirley) for their care and compassion
through this most difficult time. "Memories are the key not to
the past, but to the future" (Corrie Ten Boom)

ALISON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-02-24 published
REYNOLDS, Olive-Jane (née
PIPER)
Suddenly in France on February 18, born in Thunder Bay, Ontario
in 1929, daughter of the late Beatrice and Earl
PIPER, beloved
sister of Tom (Gemma) and loving Aunt of Leslie (Erik)
ALISON
and Corey. A graduate of the University of Toronto, O'Jay had
a successful and varied career in business and government. After
her retirement she enjoyed a very active life in numerous charitable
causes including the Young Men's Christian Association, Canadian
Executive Services Association, Art Group of University College,
and the Amici Group. Active in sports, she particularly enjoyed
playing indoor and outdoor tennis with her Friends at R.C.Y.C.
O'Jay will be sorely missed by all her family and a host of loyal
Friends. If desired, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
would be appreciated. A memorial service to celebrate her life
will be announced at a later date.

ALISON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-06-13 published
ALISON,
Ronald▼Gardiner,▼P.▼Eng.▼
(Former Chief Executive Officer of Lincoln Electric Co. of Canada
Former member of the Toronto Argonauts; Graduate of the University
of Toronto)
Peacefully at the Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, on Friday,
June 10th, 2005, 9 days shy of his 93rd birthday. Ronald
ALISON,
beloved husband of the late Audrey (née
LINTON) (1999.) He is
survived by 3 sons, Steven Ronald (Kendal) of Schomberg, Gary
Thomas (Cher) of Newmarket and Robert Michael of Oro. Predeceased
by his parents Samuel and Mabel (née
ANDERSON,) and sisters Dorothy
and Margaret. The late Mr. Ronald
ALISON will rest at the Mundell
Funeral Home, 79 West Street North, Orillia, from 2-4 and 7-9
p.m. Tuesday. Funeral service will be held at the Orillia Presbyterian
Church (St. Andrew's), 99 Peter Street North, Orillia, on Wednesday
afternoon, June 15th, at 1 p.m. Private family interment Knox
Cemetery, Oro- Medonte. Messages of condolence are welcomed at
www.mundellfuneralhome.com.

ALISON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-02-26 published
REYNOLDS, Olive-Jane (née
PIPER)
Suddenly in France on February 18, 2005. Born in Thunder Bay,
Ontario in 1929, daughter of the late Beatrice and Earl
PIPER,
beloved sister of Tom (Gemma) and loving Aunt of Leslie (Erik)
ALISON and Corey. A graduate of the University of Toronto, O'Jay
had a successful and varied career in business and government.
After her retirement she enjoyed a very active life in numerous
charitable causes including the Young Men's Christian Association,
Canadian Executive Services Association, Art Group of University
College, and the Amici Group. Active in sports, she particularly
enjoyed playing indoor and outdoor tennis with her Friends at
R.C.Y.C. O'Jay will be sorely missed by all her family and a
host of loyal Friends. If desired, donations to the Heart and
Stroke Foundation would be appreciated. A memorial service to
celebrate her life will be announced at a later date.

ALISON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-06-13 published
ALISON,
Ronald▲Gardiner,▲P.▲Eng.▲
(Former Chief Executive Officer of Lincoln Electric Co. of Canada
Former member of the Toronto Argonauts; Graduate of the University
of Toronto) Peacefully at the Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital,
on Friday, June 10th, 2005, 9 days shy of his 93rd birthday.
Ronald ALISON, beloved husband of the late Audrey (née
LINTON)
(1999). He is survived by his 3 sons Steven Ronald (Kendal) of
Schomberg, Gary Thomas (Cher) of Newmarket and Robert Michael
of Oro. Predeceased by his parents Samuel and Mabel (née
ANDERSON)
and sisters Dorothy and Margaret. The late Mr. Ronald
ALISON
will rest at the Mundell Funeral Home, 79 West St. N., Orillia
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral service will be held at
the Orillia Presbyterian Church (St. Andrew's), 99 Peter St.
N., Orillia on Wednesday afternoon, June 15th at 1 p.m. Private
family interment Knox Cemetery, Oro-Medonte. Messages of condolence
are welcomed at www.mundellfuneralhome.com